Computers are part of everything we do. We use them constantly, whether it’s checking the weather, the football scores or the best holiday destinations, and for anyone working in an office, it’s hard to imagine working away from the monitor. In any conceivable future, computing and IT jobs will continue to be common, with jobs developing in sectors as wide ranging as agriculture, retail, hairdressing and nursing. For anyone unequipped in this area, it can feel like a disadvantage.

Computer skills hold the power to enhance and amplify our qualifications, or leave a gaping hole in our CV. As far back as 2012, then culture minister, Ed Vaizey said the British public must start to place as high a value on their computer skills as they do on their ability to string a sentence together.

Now, South West College can take students further than ever before when it comes to excelling and having the best possible computer skills and qualifications to work in industry.

Ulster University Foundation Degree in Science in Computing

South West College offers computing courses at all levels, with opportunities and qualifications suitable for people at any level of education, computer skill and experience. At the higher level of this is the
Ulster University Foundation Degree in Science in Computing, with focuses on all elements of computing, including: computer technologies; computing mathematics; programming and programming mobile applications; database systems design; server management and work-based learning; and much more.

Learners will gain the knowledge, understanding and design skills to formulate solutions to computing problems and the practical skills to implement those solutions.

Ulster University Foundation Degree in Science in Computing

This course is designed around the computing requirements of local industry. Learners will gain the knowledge, understanding and design skills to formulate solutions to computing problems and the practical skills to implement those solutions.

Additionally, ‘soft’ skills will be developed in teamwork, communications, professional practice and time management.

Progression

The articulation routes for successful graduates from the South West College Foundation Degree in Science in Computing includes but depends on the overall grade achieved:

  • BSc Hons Computing Technologies at Ulster University, Belfast Campus (FT)
  • BSc Hons Computing Science at Ulster University, Belfast Campus (FT)
  • BSc Hons Computer Science at Ulster University, Derry-Londonderry Campus (FT & PT)
  • BEng Hons Software Engineering at Ulster University, Belfast Campus (FT)
  • BSc Hons Computing Systems at Ulster University, Belfast Campus (PT)
  • BSc Hons Information Technologies at Ulster University, Derry-Londonderry Campus (FT & PT)
  • BSc (Hons) Computing Science (Top-Up) (Validated by The Open University) at South West College.